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The Kootenai National Forest says evacuations are underway in Lincoln County where the South Yaak Fire has spread northward.In Broadwater County, the Sheriff's Department has issued a pre-evacuation warning west of White Sulphur Springs due to the Woods Creek Fire. -
Megan Johnson/Montana Public RadioPolson officials say residents are pitching in to conserve water. City Manager Ed Meece says water service was restored Monday night to all 60 homes that lost service Monday morning due to low supplies and high demand.
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Researchers who study evidence of fires through the millennia say to expect more and bigger fires as the climate continues to warm. Fire season is already months longer than in the 1970s.
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By just about every measure, wildfires are getting bigger, hotter, and more devastating than we’ve ever seen before. But what all that fire means — and what to do about it — depends on who you ask. Get a broader perspective and explore what wildfire means for the West, the planet and our way of life, on Fireline.
"For most people, Jan. 6 happened for a few hours," U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said in the select committee hearing. "But for those of us who were in the thick of it, it has not ended."
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Montana electric utility regulators are starting the approval process for a natural gas-fired plant in south-central Montana. -
As case totals rise around the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday that vaccinated and unvaccinated people alike wear face masks in public, indoor spaces in regions where the coronavirus is surging. The guidance is receiving mixed response in Montana.
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A Flathead County District Court judge ruled July 21 that a Montana Department of Environmental Quality review failed to consider the full effects of a water-bottling plant near Creston.
This episode features Dr. Philip Higuera, professor of Fire Ecology, and Kyra Wolf, Ph.D. candidate in Systems Ecology both at the University of Montana’s Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. Phil and Kyra and their colleague Bryan Shuman recently published some alarming findings on what we’re experiencing right now with wildfire. The title speaks for itself: “Rocky Mountain sub-alpine forests now burning more than any time in recent millennia.” That should get our attention.
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Under the policy, federal employees who are not confirmed as vaccinated would be required to wear masks at all times while at work and be tested regularly for the virus.
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Ten years ago there were only about two dozen openly LGBTQ Olympians competing in the games. Today, there are more than 160.
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The African country, previously credited for high childhood vaccination rates, was 1 of 4 countries to reject COVID vaccines. Now they've done a 180. It's unclear if its citizens will go along.
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The $2.1 billion bill would boost support for the Capitol complex in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection, direct funds to the Capitol Police and provide humanitarian support for Afghan refugees.
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Kansas City's pro football team has retired a longtime on-field personality, Warpaint the horse, over concerns about the use of Native American imagery. Groups insist the Chiefs' name be changed.
